Bike Around the Buttes

The Good Jibes team.

Standing L-R: Charlie, Bruce, Diane, Dani, Becky, Steven. Kneeling: Michelle, Mellissa, me, Kathy.

At mile 15, rest stop #1:

Becky with Charlie and Mellissa in the distance:

At mile 29, rest stop #2, in Live Oak:

42 miles back to the starting point in ..

Lunch was served afterwards. This was a great ride benefitting the Northern CA Lions Club Health Foundation.

Your bike rides

Tuesday March 29. Dani, Kathy, Cindy:

Friday April 1. Dani, Brian, Kathy, Terri:

Monday April 4. Dani, Terri, Cindy, Kathy:

Friday April 15. Dani, Kathy, Terri:

Monday April 18.

Tuesday April 19. Dani and Kathy:

BIG thanks to everyone who kept our local bike rides going. In 24 days, the 6 cyclists above went on 12 rides for a total of 669 miles. Go team!

Your bike rides this week

Monday March 21. Kathy and Cheryl:

Rupert, Jeorgianna, Brian and I rode around the airport with a lunch stop at Teal Bend Golf Course:

Tuesday March 22. Dani, Leo, me, Amal and Kathy in Old Sac:

Wednesday March 23. Barbara, Jane, Dani, Cheryl:

Thursday March 24. On the bike trail, in the shade, near the Guy West Bridge. I took this picture of Leo, Jane, Kathy, Dani, Barbara:

Friday March 25. I rode with Cheryl, Dani, Cindy, and Kathy around the airport:

Saturday March 26. Cheryl, Barbara, and Leo stopped for root beer floats at:

Brian on the American River Parkway:

LCI Spotlight

I was chosen for the League of American Bicyclists League Cycling Instructor spotlight for their March 21 e-newsletter. Thank you so much, Deb Banks, for nominating me! Working with SABA and Jibe for the past 8 years has been so personally rewarding and just plain fun. Great organizations and great people to work with.

If you’d like to read the article, copy and paste this link into your browser:

https://bikeleague.org/content/lci-spotlight-arlete-hodel

Your bike rides this week

Sunday March 13. Cheryl enjoyed ice cream on their ride:

Monday March 14. Dani, Kathy, Cindy, Jane, Cheryl, me:

Tuesday March 15. Barbara, Cheryl:

Thursday March 17. Dani, Kathy, Amal:

Friday March 18. I went on a ride with Brian, Ruper, and Jeorgianna:

Eventful Saturday

I drove Dani and Kathy to the Trek bicycle store in Folsom. We were there just before the store opened at 9 am and it was hard to find a parking spot.

Everyone was in the process of sticking signs onto their jerseys.

I talked to this guy, so friendly. I asked if he was Ukrainian. He said, “No. Russian, but we are all brothers in Christ and we all want peace.”

Next we went to the Trek bike store in El Dorado Hills followed by a stop at Laid Back Cycles in Fair Oaks. Dani and Kathy were trying out, and maybe buying, a recumbent tandem.

And they bought it. However, to get it home … they had to ride it … 34 miles back, mostly down the American River Bike Trail. I drove home and met up with Cheryl. We started riding toward Dani and Kathy. We happened to stop under the J Street over-crossing near Sac State, I smelled smoke, spotted flames and called 911. We moved a bit farther down the trail and waited, the fire department came and went, and along came

and we all rode home.

However, there was way more to this story and Cheryl, Dani, and Kathy must be having a good chuckle right now. LOL